Germany national handball team

Olympic Games

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1936	Champions	1	5	5	0	0	96	19
1972	Main round	6	6	2	1	3	82	89
1976	Semifinals	4	6	4	0	2	115	97
1980	Did not qualify
1984	Runners-up	2	6	5	0	1	131	113
1988	Did not qualify
1992	Preliminary round	10	6	1	1	4	116	123
1996	Preliminary round	7	6	4	0	2	144	128
2000	Knockout stage	5	8	5	1	2	203	180
2004	Runners-up	2	8	5	0	3	216	181
2008	Preliminary round	9	5	2	1	2	126	130
2012	Did not qualify
2016	Third place	3	8	6	0	2	246	216
Total	11/13	1 Title	64	39	4*	21	1473	1276

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided in a penalty shootout.

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

World Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1938	Champions	1	3	3	0	0	23	9
1954	Runners-up	2	4	3	0	1	61	30
1958	Third place	3	4	3	0	1	149	70
1961	Fourth place	4	6	4	0	2	107	64
1964	Fourth place	4	6	3	1	2	96	86
1967	Quarter-finals	6	5	3	0	2	158	139
1970	Quarter-finals	5	6	5	0	1	88	81
1974	Preliminary Round	9	6	4	0	2	126	100
1978	Champions	1	6	4	2	0	105	86
1982	Main Round	7	7	4	1	2	128	123
1986	Main Round	7	7	4	0	3	134	135
1990	Did Not Qualify
1993	Main Group	6	7	3	2	2	154	154
1995	Semi-finals	4	9	7	0	2	221	184
1997	Did Not Qualify
1999	Quarter-finals	5	9	8	0	1	244	182
2001	Quarter-finals	8	8	3	1	4	233	189
2003	Runners-up	2	9	7	1	1	306	219
2005	Main Round	9	9	5	1	3	323	232
2007	Champions	1	10	9	0	1	304	260
2009	Main Round	5	8	4	2	2	232	202
2011	Main Round	11	7	5	0	4	268	246
2013	Quarterfinals	5	7	5	0	2	200	176
2015	Quarterfinals	7	9	6	1	2	250	221
2017	Round of 16	9	6	5	0	1	170	128
/ 2019	Qualified as hosts
Total	24/26	3 Titles	143	98	10*	35	3580	2869

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided in a penalty shootout.

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

European Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	9th/10th Place	9	6	2	1	3	135	131
1996	7th/8th Place	8	6	1	1	4	131	135
1998	Third place	3	7	5	0	2	177	159
2000	9th/10th Place	9	6	1	2	3	129	136
2002	Runners-up	2	8	5	1	2	201	188
2004	Champion	1	8	6	1	1	244	208
2006	5th/6th Place	5	7	5	1	1	223	193
2008	Fourth place	4	8	4	0	4	224	224
2010	Main round	10	6	1	2	3	157	165
2012	Main round	7	6	2	1	3	156	156
2014	Did Not Qualify
2016	Champion	1	8	7	0	1	223	200
2018	Main round	9	6	2	2	2	156	145
Total	12/13	2 titles	87	42	13*	32	2312	2196

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided in a penalty shootout.

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.

Current squad

Squad for the 2018 European Men's Handball Championship.^[1]

Head coach: Christian Prokop

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 LW Uwe Gensheimer (1986-10-26) 26 October 1986 1.88 m 151 691 Paris Saint-Germain 6 LB Finn Lemke (1992-04-30) 30 April 1992 2.10 m 63 22 MT Melsungen 7 P Patrick Wiencek (1989-03-22) 22 March 1989 2.00 m 113 255 THW Kiel 9 RW Tobias Reichmann (1988-05-27) 27 May 1988 1.88 m 75 212 MT Melsungen 12 GK Silvio Heinevetter (1984-10-21) 21 October 1984 1.94 m 172 2 Füchse Berlin 13 P Hendrik Pekeler (1991-07-02) 2 July 1991 2.03 m 77 114 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 17 RB Steffen Weinhold (1986-07-19) 19 July 1986 1.91 m 106 270 THW Kiel 19 P Bastian Roscheck (1991-02-24) 24 February 1991 1.90 m 4 1 SC DHfK Leipzig 20 CB Philipp Weber (1992-09-15) 15 September 1992 1.94 m 17 50 SC DHfK Leipzig 23 LB Steffen Fäth (1990-04-04) 4 April 1990 1.95 m 63 131 Füchse Berlin 24 RW Patrick Groetzki (1989-07-04) 4 July 1989 1.89 m 123 325 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 25 RB Kai Häfner (1989-07-10) 10 July 1989 1.92 m 63 143 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 26 LB Maximilian Janke (1993-02-28) 28 February 1993 1.96 m 7 1 SC DHfK Leipzig 33 GK Andreas Wolff (1991-03-03) 3 March 1991 1.98 m 64 9 THW Kiel 34 LW Rune Dahmke (1993-04-10)10 April 1993 (aged 24) 1.90 m 38 68 THW Kiel 35 LB Julius Kühn (1993-04-01) 1 April 1993 1.98 m 43 147 MT Melsungen 48 P Jannik Kohlbacher (1995-07-19) 19 July 1995 1.93 m 43 81 HSG Wetzlar 95 CB Paul Drux (1995-02-07) 7 February 1995 1.92 m 63 123 Füchse Berlin

History of coaches

• 1925–1933 – Carl Schelenz
• 1934–1939 – Otto Günther Kaundinya
• 1940–1945 – Carl Schelenz
• 1946–1955 – Fritz Fromm
• 1955–1972 – Werner Vick
• 1972–1974 – Horst Käsler
• 1974–1982 – Vlado Stenzel
• 1982–1987 – Simon Schobel
• 1987–1989 – Petre Ivănescu
• 1989–1992 – Horst Bredemeier
• 1992–1993 – Armin Emrich
• 1993–1996 – Arno Ehret
• 1997–2011 – Heiner Brand
• 2011–2014 – Martin Heuberger
• 2014–2017 – Dagur Sigurðsson
• 2017–present – Christian Prokop